Garies is a small agricultural centre situated in

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Northern Cape The Northern Cape ( ; ; ) is the largest and most sparsely populated Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley, South Africa, Kimberley. It includes ...

province about 110 km south of

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, the chief town of the

Namaqualand Namaqualand ( Khoikhoi: "Nama-kwa" meaning Nama Khoi people's land) is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over and covering a total area of . It is divided by the lower course of the Orange River int ...

district. Current population approximately 1500. The

Letterklip The Letterklip, Afrikaans for "lettered rock", is a provincial heritage site (South Africa), provincial heritage site in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The unique rock formation was fortified by dry stone walling; i ...

provincial heritage site is situated just west of town. The town is in the Namaqualand district, at the foot of the Kamiesberg, 46 km south of

Kamieskroon Kamieskroon is a small town in the Kamiesberg Local Municipality, lying in the foothills of the Kamiesberge at an elevation of approximately 800 m (2 600 ft). The town is more or less in the centre of Namaqualand, about 70 km (43 m ...

and 146 km northwest of

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. The name is Khoekhoen and means ‘couchgrass’, Afrikaans ‘kweek’.

References

Populated places in the Kamiesberg Local Municipality 1845 establishments in the Cape Colony {{NorthernCape-geo-stub